Someone Hung A Black Teddy Bear By A Noose As A 'Prank' On A Black Principal

Someone at a Raleigh, North Carolina, high school thought it was a good idea to play a racist “prank” on the school’s black principal.

On Tuesday morning, Wakefield High School students found a black teddy bear hanging by a noose on the side of the building. A sign reading “Make Wakefield TRIPP again #smartlunch” was posted next to the bear, referencing the school’s former white principal who was replaced in 2015 and an hour-long lunch break that no longer is in place, students told ABC11.

The sign was quickly removed, but a Snapchat screenshot of the bear and sign was shared more than 5,000 times on Twitter. In a screenshot of a conversation with Twitter user Alexis Isabel, a student notes that the black bear is holding an empty liquor bottle in its hand.

Students at Wakefield High School HUNG a black teddy bear in reference to their black principal as a "senior prank".... pic.twitter.com/qDsTaJBBAa

The principal, Malik Bazzell, said in a letter to the Wakefield High School community that the school’s stadium and baseball field were also vandalized. He said that the school is working with the Wake County Public School System to investigate and they will seek criminal charges.

Students at the school aren’t taking this “prank” lightly either. The school’s black student union said that this was a flat-out hate crime in a series of tweets. It also noted that vandals graffitied a swastika on school property in 2016.

not only is it a threat to every single black student at Wakefield, but it should be an insult to the entire student body.

Earlier this week, deputy Ben Fields, a South Carolina school officer, grabbed a female student from her desk and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spring-valley-high-school-student-flung-by-official-in-video_562e9e71e4b06317990f1927?utm_hp_ref=black-voices&amp;ir=Black%2BVoices&amp;section=black-voices">dragged her across the floor</a> after she reportedly refused to leave class.